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Friday Fun Link – How Much Did It Cost Google To Stream “Gangnam Style” 600 Million Times? Did They Make a Profit?

[Edit: This video is now poised to be the first YouTube clip to reach 1 billion views, amazingly in less than six months!] [Edit2: Some further analysis of the revenue Gangnam created.] “Gangnam Style”, a quirky Korean pop song with a very “uniquely” stylish video is the second most watched clip in the history of […]

¶ Posted 02 November 2012 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Meme § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: cool, economics, google, history, music, youtube

Canada Reads 2013 Releases Top 10 Books By Region

Lots of interesting looking books on this list.

¶ Posted 01 November 2012 § Canada ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: book

Will Ferguson Wins #Giller Prize, Is All Around Good Guy #canlit

When I worked for the Writers Guild of Alberta, the biggest part of my job was probably working with beginning and emerging writers. So you can imagine my surprise when the phone rang one day and I heard a voice on the other end of the line say: “Jason, it’s Will, Will Ferguson calling.” He […]

¶ Posted 30 October 2012 § Canada § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, book, cool

“Binders Full of Women” – The Musical Version

Also this.

¶ Posted 18 October 2012 § Humour § Meme § Politics § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, unitedstates

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

Body language expert analyses first US debate – finds Obama wins (also, we’re all monkeys striving for dominance deep down) What are the most important characteristics from childhood you should hold on to? (Quora) Is there evidence that working from home improves efficiency? (Quora) Why Campaign Reporters Are Behind the Curve How to Manage Thinkers […]

¶ Posted 09 October 2012 § MemoryLane § Politics § United States § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, orgdevl, parents, recipe, unitedstates

Pace’s First Scholastic School Book Order

Another big school-related milestone for Pace… (Man, I loved getting books from Scholastic as a kid!)

¶ Posted 26 September 2012 § MemoryLane § Pace ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, cool, science

A Few AskReddit Book Threads

What is the best non-fiction book you’ve ever read? Good fiction about mental illness? Suggestions to get a male non-reader more into books? Reddit’s Favourite Books: The Master List – a Redditor goes through a bunch of popular book recommendation threads and uses the up votes of the books in each to compile a master […]

¶ Posted 25 September 2012 § Internet § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, reddit

Music Monday – Pace’s First Day of Kindergarten (Video Edition)

¶ Posted 10 September 2012 § Baby § Family § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Sad § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, parents

Ryan Meili Book Event at Regina Public Library – Wed Sept 12, 7pm #yqr #skpoli #skndpldr

If you’re interested in learning more about Dr. Ryan Meili, a rumoured candidate for the leadership of the Saskatchewan NDP, why not pop down to Regina Public Library’s Central Branch next Wednesday evening for his Regina book launch event? This event follows successful launches at the public libraries in Swift Current and Yorkton as well […]